Hans Hinzpeter

Hans Hinzpeter (right) on board the research vessel Planet (1974)

Hans Georg Theodor Hinzpeter (born January 31, 1921 in Berlin ; † December 15, 1999 ) was a German meteorologist .

Life

From 1940 to 1942 he studied meteorology, geophysics, mathematics and physics at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin (1942 diploma). From 1947 to 1950 he was a research assistant at the Main Meteorological Observatory in Potsdam. After receiving his doctorate in 1951 at the Humboldt University in Berlin, he headed the Wahnsdorf weather station from 1958 to 1961 . After completing his habilitation in 1964 at Kiel University , he was Professor of Meteorology at Mainz University from 1970 to 1975 . From 1975 to 1986 he was professor of geophysics, especially meteorology, at the University of Hamburg .

Study on the radiation climate of Potsdam . Berlin 1953, OCLC 882482046 .
with Leonhard Foitzik: Solar radiation and air cloudiness . Leipzig 1958, OCLC 174411670 .
Attention! Station 196. On the trail of the secrets of the ocean . Leipzig 1960, OCLC 16634441 .
Convective clouds over the lake. Roles and open cells. Presented at the meeting on April 27, 1984 . Hamburg 1985, ISBN 3-525-86217-2 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hinzpeter, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hinzpeter, Hans Georg Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German meteorologist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 31, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	December 15, 1999